1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to traffic regulations; requiring the 
  1.3             commissioner of public safety to propose pilot program 
  1.4             relating to use of photographic evidence for 
  1.5             enforcement of traffic signal laws. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  [PILOT PROGRAM.] 
  1.8      Subdivision 1.  [PROPOSAL FOR PILOT PROGRAM.] The 
  1.9   commissioner of public safety, in consultation with the 
  1.10  commissioner of transportation, shall develop a plan for a pilot 
  1.11  program to test the feasibility and desirability of using 
  1.12  photographic evidence to issue citations for failure to obey 
  1.13  traffic signals. 
  1.14     Subd. 2.  [ELEMENTS OF PROPOSED PILOT PROGRAM.] The 
  1.15  proposal for a pilot program must: 
  1.16     (1) be limited to enforcement of traffic signal violations; 
  1.17     (2) provide for issuance of citations by mail; 
  1.18     (3) specify the use of automated photographic equipment 
  1.19  that shows, with sufficient clarity to identify, the vehicle and 
  1.20  its license plate but does not show the vehicle's driver or 
  1.21  passengers; 
  1.22     (4) include proposed statutory language to preclude traffic 
  1.23  signal violations detected by photographic means from being 
  1.24  recorded on the violator's driving record; 
  1.25     (5) recommend one or more locations for implementation of 
  2.1   the pilot program; 
  2.2      (6) include standards for the design, specifications, and 
  2.3   operation of automated photographic equipment to be used; and 
  2.4      (7) estimate cost of implementation of the pilot program. 
  2.5      Subd. 3.  [REPORT.] The commissioner of public safety shall 
  2.6   submit recommendations for the pilot program described in 
  2.7   subdivision 2 to the transportation committees of the house of 
  2.8   representatives and senate no later than February 1, 2001.